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Tom Browns Field Guide To Wilderness Survival

by Tom Brown

ISBN13: 9780425105726
ISBN10: 0425105725
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Here, in one essential volume, are the basics of wilderness survival. The most ancient and important skills, preserved for generations, are presented in a simple, easy-to-use format with clear illustrations and instructions. A complete must-have companion to the great outdoors.

* How to build natural shelters in plains, woods, or deserts

* How to get safe drinking water from plants, trees, the sun, or Earth Herself

* How to make fire without matches and maintain it in any weather

* How to find, stalk, kill, and prepare animals for food

* The "big four" edible plants, and hundreds of others useful for both nutrition and medicine

About the Author

Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. Recently, he was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection.

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: egogrif, September 23, 2010 (view all comments by egogrif)
I took a day class taught by a student of Tom Brown, and learned so much about wilderness survival in just a couple of hours that I had to go chase this book down. It has held a permanent place next to the nature books on my shelf ever since. Not only can you take it outside and stay busy for days constructing simple traps and shelters, but thanks to Tom Brown's interesting anecdotes it makes for fine reading while simply sitting in your comfy chair with a cup of hot cocoa! I'll probably never need to build an emergency snow cave or collect water in the desert or make rope from grass...although it gives me a nice smug feeling that I know how if I ever need to! Note - Making a fire with sticks? Much harder than it looks!
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780425105726
With:: Bolyn, Heather
Author:: Morgan, Brandt
Illustrator:: Bolyn, Heather
Author:: Brown, Tom
Author:: Morgan, Brandt
Publisher:: Berkley Publishing Group
Location:: New York :
Subject:: Outdoor Skills
Subject:: Reference
Subject:: Health and physical education
Subject:: Safety
Subject:: Wilderness survival
Subject:: Outdoor life
Subject:: Ecology
Subject:: Biology-Reference
Copyright:: c198
Edition Number:: Paper.
Edition Description:: Mass Market
Series:: Field Guide
Series Volume:: 1
Publication Date:: 19870431
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: from 12
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 288
Dimensions:: 9.14x6.04x.74 in. .71 lbs.
Age Level:: from 18

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